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Is Inequality Natural?
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Is inequality a natural product of economic energy surplus? Or are we naturally inequal? I have an opinion on this, but you've looked at it a lot more. In upper plastocene, hunter gathers, i'm sure there were people in higher status than others and so on. Yet some men, or better looking women, are better looking men, better hunters. So we always had had differentiation on status. A consumption was equal, pretty much, yes. And there were always checks. But the hunter that killed the animal doesn't get to distribute the meat. It's the person that owns the arrow that kills the animal. The separation from production, from distribution, which i think
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